Tom Buglio of Chester County Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence and Shira Goodman of CeaseFire PA MC’ed the event

Lori Haas, whose daughter was shot and wounded at Virginia Tech, urged the crowd not to sanitize gun violence with the use of euphemisms; loved ones are not “lost,” she said; they are “ripped from us.”

Starr Cummin Bright shared her powerful story of surviving being shot at point blank range at a church in Chester County

LisaBeth Weber performed her beautiful song, “All the Angels”

Beverly Wright of Chester, shared the tragic impact of her son’s death by gun violence

Rendell’s $100 question: What logical argument is there for the legality of someone with three felony armed robbery convictions being allowed to purchase an AR-15 from a private seller without a background check

Governor Rendell received a standing ovation

Terry Rumsey, Co-Chair of Delaware County United, delivered a request for financial support for the Delaware Valley Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence

Video of Francine Wheeler, whose son, Ben, was killed at Sandy Hook, testifying about background checks at the PA House Judiciary Committee

Villanova’s Gospel Choir closed the program

Dave Scholnick, PA Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, urged supporters to push state legislators to co-sponsor H.B. 1010, which would require background checks on the private sale of long guns in PA

Heeding God’s Call and Villanova students installed this t-shirt Memorial to the Lost representing the 26 victims at Sandy Hook and the 288 gun homicide victims in Philadelphia last year